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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… frustum of the Victory's main-mast, a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson. In the Waterloo Chamber, a magnificent apartment 100 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Street, St. Swithun in Shulworth Street, St. John Port Latin in Buckstreet, St. Martin in Minster Street, 8 St. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the bishop, as the municipal authorities of the port had it in their power if they desired to hamper the fair … and others, held their tronage and pesage at the southern port and put in no appearance at the fair. 31 But in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… custom and subsidy would amount to the said sum, in the port of London before Michaelmas and take them to the staple, … (the old Gar Street, promoted to Trafalgar Street after Nelson's victory), nearly opposite which is the street known …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… had eloigned themselves and of outlaws seeking the nearest port. Sometimes the aldermanry received a local designation, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parsonage-house, erected by the incumbent, the Rev. J. Nelson; and the glebe contains about 30 acres. The church is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul) WISBECH ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a sea-port, borough, market-town, and parish, and the head of a … annually to London. The importance of the place as a sea-port has much increased of late years, and the trade has been … the number of vessels of above 50 tons registered at the port is 56, and their aggregate burthen 5200 tons. In 1794, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It enabled the Corporation to keep control of the port, in connexion with which they adopted, particularly in … wellintentioned but not always beneficial measures. The port of Wisbech still remains a Corporation enterprise, and … and lighting of the streets, and the improvement of the port. During the 18th century, however, despite its ample …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… doubt to the damage done by railways to the trade of the port. For the next generation the population of Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… not of the liberty of Ely, which entered or left the port. The demesnes amounted to 1,137 acres. The four … of £13,550 10 s., including £2,980 mercantile stock in the port and the proceeds of the customs and excise. After 1792 …